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MiG-MAPO offers to upgrade Polish Fulcrums
MiG-MAPO is offering to upgrade Polish air force Mikoyan MiG-29SE Fulcrums as an alternative to Poland procuring Western combat aircraft, according to a senior company official. The Polish air force is interested in improving its fighter-combat capability with the Lockheed Martin F-16, thought to be the favoured political ...
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Kamov plans Ka-62 flight
RUSSIAN HELICOPTER manufacturer Kamov plans to fly its Ka-62 medium utility helicopter before the end of 1995, with the first prototype being displayed on the static line at the Zhukovsky show. A first flight of the prototype had been planned for 1994, but funding difficulties are thought to ...
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Kamov reveals two-seat Ka-52 mock-up
KAMOV HAS unveiled an engineering mock-up of its two-seat, fully combat-capable Ka-52 derivative of the Ka-50 (Hokum), with company officials claiming that the new helicopter will be equipped with a millimetre-wave (MMW) radar. Meanwhile Mil, which still claims to be contesting the Russian army requirement, unveiled the first ...
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Raduga applies stealth technology to missile design
RUSSIAN AIR-TO-surface missile bureau Raduga has admitted that it is working on the application of stealth to advanced missile design. The bureau is holding discussions with an unidentified Chinese partner over making certain of these technologies available to Beijing. Valentin Troitsky, deputy head of the bureau, ...
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Stretched Il-76 on display
ILYUSHIN HAS DISPLAYED its Il-76MF transporter, considered to be the only real competitor so far for Antonov's troubled An-70 programme. The aircraft's cabin has been stretched by 6.6m, compared with earlier versions of the Il-76, offering an increase in cargo capacity of up to 1.5t. The new variant also has ...
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DASA considers Russian 120-seater participation
Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) is considering bringing a Russian partner into the planned 120-seat airliner programme under study with Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) and South Korea's Samsung. The suggestion comes in a report on a joint German-Russian aviation study, concluded on 23 August with its signing by departing ...
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Bell/Boeing discuss helicopter merger
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES BOEING AND Textron are believed to be studying a merger of the two companies' respective military-helicopter businesses. The proposed teaming, which would herald the long-awaited restructuring of the US helicopter industry, would be based largely on the structure developed for the development and ...
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Three-dimensional images give first look at F-22's weapons bays
The Lockheed Martin-Boeing team developing the F-22 fighter for the US Air Force has released the first three-dimensional images of the aircraft's main and side weapons bays. Left: the main weapons bay, with six AIM-120C AMRAAMs, although it can also accommodate the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) and the AIM-9 ...
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Mutacts on the horizon
Horizon Technology has released details of Mutacts (memory-unit tactical aircrew training system) which it is developing for the Swiss and Finnish air forces' McDonnell Douglas F-18s. The system accurately reconstructs complex training sorties for later digital playback using computer graphics and simulation. Synchronised displays of mission data and aircraft videos ...
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K-MAX selected for US Navy demo
KAMAN AEROSPACE WILL demonstrate the K-MAX commercial external-lift helicopter's ability to resupply US Navy warships under a $690,000 contract awarded by the Military Sealift Command. The 60-day demonstration, to be conducted from 29 August until 27 October, will test the feasibility of using commercially operated helicopters for vertical replenishment ("vertrep") ...
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New uses planned for F-22 CIP
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES HUGHES AIRCRAFT, Lockheed Martin and the US Air Force are studying new applications for the common integrated processor (CIP), developed for the F-22 fighter. These include proposed variants of the F-22, several upgrade programmes and the Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) aircraft project. ...
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The Emperor's new clothes
Are future combat aircraft being priced out of the market? Douglas Barrie/LONDON THE NEXT GENERATION OF combat aircraft is now in the process of being developed, but the costs of such projects are becoming so astronomical that the limited numbers procured will leave their operating air forces effectively ...
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Piper sings a new tune
Piper's emergence from Chapter II heralds a rebirth of general aviation. Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC PIPER AIRCRAFT'S recent emergence from Chapter 11 has coincided with a renaissance of the US general-aviation business brought about largely by a watering-down of product-liability legislation. Under the leadership ...
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Recovery in the air
The industry may now be over the worst, but the message of restructuring remains the same. Kevin O'Toole/LONDON NOBODY CAN have failed to notice the growing mood of optimism within the aerospace industry. The scent of recovery, it seems, is in the air. The optimism is ...
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Backfire EC variant identified
Douglas Barrie/LONDON A PREVIOUSLY unseen electronic-combat (EC) variant of the Tupolev Tu-22M Backfire medium-range bomber has been identified at the Russian air force's Ahktubinsk test centre. The aircraft differs from the Tu-22M3 in having a considerably modified fin root, with a large rounded dielectric cover. The ...
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MDC to focus on Phantom Works
McDONNELL DOUGLAS (MDC) is to consolidate its Government-aerospace research-and-development operations into a single organisation, Advanced Systems and Technology - Phantom Works, employing 3,000 people at McDonnell Douglas Aerospace in Missouri and California, and McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems in Arizona. The workforce will be cut by about 10%. San ...
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Malaysia signs up for two C-130 tanker conversions
MALAYSIA HAS SIGNED A contract with Flight Refueling (FRL) and Lockheed Aeronautical Systems, to convert two C-130H transport aircraft, in to air-to-air refueling tankers. The conversions will be carried out locally, by Malaysian aircraft overhaul and maintenance company Airod. Lockheed Martin will provide an interface, with FRL supplying ...
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USA might deploy Hunters in Bosnia
FOLLOWING THE loss of two General Atomic Predator recognaissance unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) over Bosnia, the US Department of Defense (DoD) may deploy one of the US Army's Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Hunter UAVs into the region. The USA deployed five Predator UAVs to the Gjader airfield in ...
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Germany will upgrade transport helicopters
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH THE GERMAN defence ministry has revealed plans to upgrade its army Sikorsky CH-53G heavy-transport helicopters to extend the aircraft's life until 2030. The ministry says that it has no plans to replace its 107 CH-53Gs, but that they will be upgraded to extend ...
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Iraq misleads over missiles
THERE IS MOUNTING evidence that Iraq has systematically misled UN inspectors over how many weapons of mass destruction the country retained in the wake of the Gulf War, including derivatives of the SS-1 Scud short-range ballistic missile. The allegations that Iraq is misleading the UN come from two ...